My Beginning After the End

Planning Ahead

(One Month Later)

Arthur, if the timeline is the same, should be back in about ten months. There hasn't been any other Retainer or Scythe sights, so it's looking like we are on the same track. The dungeons have quieted down.

I've been in the castle the whole time, Callias and Victoria went back, creating a new team. Tessia's team joined them back in the dungeons, it was sad not to be going with them, but I needed this.

I was sitting on the ground, inside of the training hall, by myself, just thinking. I've been absorbing mana into my core, and my Acclorite. I could feel it, any day, I would be in white core, and I would have a weapon of mass destruction, which now thinking about. Someone who was mentally insane shouldn't have, but I wasn't, I was only slightly insane.

This might be a stupid plan, but I was thinking about sending a clone into Darv to watch over everything. It might be able to gather info, find Alacryans, and allow us to get a step on them without anyone knowing.

The only thing was, Agrona had eyes and ears everywhere, I couldn't trust anyone, not because they couldn't be trusted, but because Agrona could be listening. If I did this, I couldn't tell anyone until I found something important.

I laid back on the floor of the training hall, looking up at the ceiling, I was a Lance, no one knew though. I thought I would feel more pressure from becoming a Lance, but I really didn't. I felt normal, it might be because I wasn't officially one.

They've been interrogating Olfred, but he refuses to talk. Mica has been gone, she doesn't know yet, that should be a show. The only Lances that have been in the castle the past month have been Bairon and Varay.

Aya was coming back soon, I was excited to see her again.

I already knew what I was going to do with my dad at the wall, I wasn't thinking about that anymore. If I could find Seris, it would go a long way, I had a plan involving her, as long as she was still on our side.

I activated my mana ring, and absorbed mana into my core, waited ten seconds, then stopped, then absorbed mana into my Acclorite. I tried to do this throughout the day, knowing that I couldn't overdo it.

I was waiting until Arthur came back to absorb the mana in Uto's horns. "Alright." I said to myself and shot myself to my feet using wind magic. "No time to wait."

I pulled out four tubes that I had filled with blood of mana beast from the dungeons, then dumped them onto the ground, in separate areas. I activated "Blood Oath" and started to manipulate the blood, making it float into the air.

Let's start with you, I turned to the blood on the far left, and started to form a clone. It only took me about a minute to complete it.

"Hey." I said to the clone. "You there?"

"Yeah." The clone responded.

The soldier had armor on like the one I made before. "You're staying here in the castle in case anything happens, or if you hear anything. I gave you an eighth of my mana, and you can only use fire magic."

"On it." Knowing his duty already, the clone left, running out of the training hall. I didn't sense anyone coming, so I was fine to continue.

I turned to the next pool of blood and started to form another clone. I pictured the person I wanted to appear, and it did, only a minute later. Standing before me was Lance Olfred, in normal clothes, with a hood over his head.

"Lance Olfred." I smiled at the clone. "You are going to Darv."

"You made me into this guy, come on." The clone spoke, and I laughed.